Mia Figlia Mia Luce (pt. 1) by Tomorrow's Man

Snuggle Weather (pt. 1) by Tomorrow's Man

More on the 679th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Ice Age — The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it — at https://disquiet.com/0679/

Determined to participate this year, I knocked this together in a few hours to hit the deadline. All sounds are derived from a recording of two ice cubes clinking back and forth between three glasses of wildly different tonalities, then that sample imported to XLN's Life Recorder for the percussion, Quanta for the pad/bass, and Granulator III for the tinkly melody. Cheers!

Cover of "Green Eyes" by Arlo Parks, c.2020 and "Demons" by Fatboy Slim featuring Macy Gray, c.2000.

Green Eyes:

A melancholy reflection on a gay relationship ended by the ignorance of social pressure, yet tries to be optimistic. I love this song, but realized I did not want to close the album on this note; thus, the segue to…

Demons:

After watching the “Demons” episode of the show Sense8 by the Wachowskis, this song can never mean anything but gender positivity, sex positivity, acceptance, inclusiveness…every point I’m hoping has been echoed on this album.

“Green Eyes and Demons” contains an excerpt from the Sense8 episode, I Am Also a We, c.2015.

Happy Pride 2023.

Cover version of Annabel by Goldfrapp, c.2013, and Queen by Perfume Genius, c.2014.

Annabel:

Lead Vocals: Amy Ketchum #amyketchum

Alison Goldfrapp's ode to the main character of Kathleen Winter's 2010 novel Annabel, about a cis-male intersex child who is forcibly raised as a boy while dreaming of being a girl.

Queen:

One of the most wonderfully cheeky, biting, searing, rocking, queer songs out there. Contains a sample of “Q.U.E.E.N.” by Janelle Monáe and Erykah Badu, c.2013.

Cover version of Michael by Franz Ferdinand c.2004

From the Tomorrow's Man Pride-themed album "for the Love Of" coming out June 2023.

Video: https://youtu.be/rYFyCcCzTQI

A song about a guy in a club who is attracted to another guy who is a good dancer; but also who is the coincidental namesake of one of my dearest, most irreplaceable partners.

BIG PROPS TO THE BAMD AND THE AUDIENCE 2NITE, KILLED IT AT PRIDE @2023!!! THANKX TO ALL FOR COMING OUT! HERE'S JUST A BIT OF ALL YOUX SWEATING YRSELFS INTO A JELLY OVR SOME CLASSICS COVERS WE GRINDED TOGETHA INB THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE, LOVE 2 U ALL!!!!

“Filthy Girls and Gorgeous Boys” contains samples of “Girls and Boys” by Prince, c.1986; and “Sissy that Walk” by RuPaul, c.2014.

Cover version of The Anvil (Night Club School) by Visage, c.1982.

Co-Vocals: Amy Ketchum https://soundcloud.com/amyketchum

"The Anvil" was named after a gay New York nightclub, and this song sets out to capture the atmosphere of gay culture at that time. Musically, the new wave goth pop of the original had a strong undercurrent of proto-industrialism, which has been fully realized for this cover version.

Contains a sample of “Visage” by Luciano Berio and Cathy Berberian, c.2012.

From the Tomorrow's Man forthcoming Pride-themed covers album, "For the Love of" June 2023.

Cover version of the Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)."

Bisexual lead singer and guitarist Pete Shelley revealed that this song was about his feelings for a male friend. Shelley fell in love with the man when the pair was living together, and expressed his longing the best way he knew how, through his music.

Contains a sample of “Dirt” by Depeche Mode, c.2001.

Contains a sample of “Dirt” by The Stooges, c.1970.

Cover version of the seminal Oingo Boingo track, the context of which which was unfortunately saddled by the sensibility of bad 80s pop, including...gasp...all the cocaine horns.

If you don't believe me, well....aside from Danny Elfman being his usual level of awesome, the rest is...so 1986, the beginning of the downfall of music that perpetuates today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypUpv9xelg&ab_channel=Mazztermind8675309

Cover art and photography by Tomorrow's Man. No, really.